The way you use your breathing performs an important
role in your abilities and comfort as a singer. Regardless of whether you are singing
in head voice or chest voice, there needs to be a regular circulation of air
throughout to keep a well healthy sound. This constant air will also guide you
in keeping your singing procedure reduce to avoid any undesirable stress.
The diaphragm is a muscle system. It is fastened to the lowest ribs on
the sides, the bottom of the sternum, and to the back at the top of the lumbar
region. Its primary function is as an inhalation muscle system. When you inhale
the diaphragm descends. When it descends it must displace your viscera,
primarily your stomach and upper intestines.
You should also know that no diaphragm is poor except there is a diseased condition which is related to the diaphragm and that will be seen in the
breathing. Every individual uses the diaphragm every instant of every day to
take in air and to remain living. It is one of the most used muscle tissue in
our bodies. Fat people, slim people, regular people all have potent diaphragms.
Singers must learn to control their diaphragm on exhaling because it
is the control of the breath that makes good singing possible. A
strong singing voice needs strong support. Diaphragmatic breathing is easily
learned. The vocal folds should not
have to hold back enormous breath pressure. If vocal folds are required to hold
back excessive breath pressure they must press together too tightly to function
easily and freely. Have you noticed that good singers look like singing
is almost effortless for them?
Diaphragm breathing helps control how long you hold your notes when
singing. Diaphragm breathing also helps control your voice cracking while you
sing. The breathing pressure for singing is always
dynamically modifying and the control of that change is the work of the
diaphragm. So what you should learn is diaphragmatic breathe control, not force
or power.
While Diaphragm breathing control is very essential to singing, some
singers have been trained that the voice comes completely from the diaphragm.
Often times these singers will try to force large amounts of air from the
diaphragm. Singing forcefully from the diaphragm is not excellent singing
method and will cause your voice to only be noisy. Singing in this way will
cause you to sound more like someone screaming. you can always Learn to scream singing. When you attack the
voice from the diaphragm intentionally, it unbalances your voice and overpowers
the breath support. The air flow is behind your voice like a bellows pushing it
forcefully when you push from the diaphragm.
The breath support
happens as a reflection and because this is instantly balanced to what you need
with no overpowering. The breath flows at the onset of singing instead of
forcing it from the bottom up, behind the voice. The result is a supported,
powerful tone that sounds relaxed and released and has a round, resonant,
pleasing tone.
